Ruling out any possibility of aligning with Bharatiya Janta Party in the imminent Assembly polls, Apna Dal (Krishna Patel faction) announced to contest about 150 seats. The party also declared named 11 candidates for the polls with party chief Krishna Patel contesting from Rohaniya seat of Varanasi.
Party vice-president Pallavi Patel announced the candidates ruling out any compromise with her sister and Union Minister Anupriya Patel. The Anupriya faction of Apna Dal is contesting the Assembly polls in alliance with the BJP.